Bisons return home July 30th for five-game showdown with IronPigs
STAFF REPORTS BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Bisons are back at Coca-Cola Field on Monday and it’s time you gathered up your friends and family and got to the ballpark! The…
A.G. Underwood announces guilty pleas of transportation company employees who stole over $1.2 million from Medicaid
PRESS RELEASE BUFFALO, N.Y. — Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood today announced the guilty pleas of 716 Transportation, Inc. of Tonawanda, NY; its President, Wossen Ambaye; and one of the…
Liberian National sentenced for false testimony
STAFF REPORTS ROCHESTER, N.Y. — U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Isaac T. Kannah, 51, of Philadelphia, PA, who was convicted of misprision of a felony, was…
ALERT: Lockport mayor to resign for job at hospital
STAFF REPORTS LOCKPORT — Lockport Mayor Anne McCaffrey announced this morning that she would be resigning her post effective Aug. 8 and taking a new position as President and CEO…
NIH extends URMC’s role in network to advance neurological care
STAFF REPORTS ROCHESTER, N.Y. — National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) has extended the University of Rochester Medical Center’s (URMC) membership in the Network for Excellence in Neuroscience…
AMHERST TIMES: Ranzenhofer’s Health Fair
By Jim Tricoli AMHERST TIMES State Senator Mike Ranzenhofer has been feeding off the public trough for 49 years. He has had public and elected positions for all those years…
Highland Hospital plans nearly all private rooms for patients
STAFF REPORTS ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Nearly all Highland Hospital patients will benefit from private rooms, through a modernization plan announced by the hospital. Providing patients with private rooms will further…
Today’s forecast: Sunny with a high near 84
STAFF REPORTS The National Weather Service calls for sunny skies today with a high near 84. Southwest wind 8 to 18 mph. Tonight, there’s a slight chance of showers before…
EXPLORING THE NIAGARA FRONTIER: DEC contest gets families into birdwatching
We’re almost at the halfway point of summer break and many parents are probably at their wits end, asking, “How do I keep my kids learning over the summer?” and…
SYLLY: Shark Week Day 4 – When Sharks Fly
I’m very surprised by the lack of shark attack shows. By night four there is usually one or two shows peppered with gruesome images and scarred survivors, but none so…